New American restaurants in Miami
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Table 8
You know what? Forget that Table 8 has Oprah cachet. Forget that celebrity chef Govind Armstrong is a celebrity chef. If all that wasn’t so, Table 8 would still be one of the best high-end restaurants on South Beach, partly because it never feels too high end. That is to say, it delivers comforting innovation – duck breast with green beans and frisée (endive), mahimahi blue-crab chowder and kobe beef burgers – in an understated, accessible fashion. In a way, Table 8 is the opposite of the mystique that has grown around it. This isn’t a spot for silly airs: it offers excellent food that anyone can appreciate. The lunch menu is fantastic value. Also the bar here offers…
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Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink
The ‘genuine’ in Michael Schwartz’ restaurant name refers to its use of locally sourced ingredients and healthy dose of innovation, moderated by respect for classics. Hence, pork shoulder in parsley sauce and cheese grits that taste like your grandma just became a cordon-bleu chef. The chocolate-and-red interior feels cheerful and welcoming rather than snobbish and intimidating, and that goes for the attentive waitstaff as well.
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Nemo
Raw bars and warm, copper sconces are a good sign. That nudge into greatness comes when Asian elegance graces Latin-American exuberance: fish with chimichurri sauce and kiss-the-grill nori-dusted tuna are a few jewels plucked off this fusion gem mine.
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